Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 19:14
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 416 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 39.6 39% 44 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583A SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 89 89 83 82 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 188 Write 118 Mixed 157 SusWrite 84.9 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 33.9 129% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 63.4 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 104 77% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 73GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 129 128 128 128 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 142 Write 142 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 124 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 53GB free Firmware: 50.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 71 70 71 71 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 68 Write 67 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 70.3 41% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 82GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 192 191 189 189 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 106 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 181 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 424% 3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 110GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 68 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 74.3 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 68.9 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 75%
Adata Classic C008 USB 2.0 16GB-$9 1,800 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 12GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Read 21 Write 9.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 10.6 15% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 7% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 109%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	130x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16